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Okay, we’re ready for Halloween! I have no idea where we’ll be living or if we’ll trick-or-treat in the new neighborhood or with Todd’s parents, but the boys have costumes!
My pirate-obsessed boys will be a pirate and a parrot. Sweet little Hayes will be a parrot, and I’m so excited to see him in this costume!
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The house is coming along! The mudroom built-ins are almost finished and they started on more exterior work this week. We got columns! We should see flooring, kitchen cabinets, and paint finish up in the next three-four weeks!
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We took Hudson to his second Gamecock football game last weekend. He had the best time! He was just so happy and into it all. We didn’t tailgate, but we got there just in time for Hudson to get something to eat and then for 2001 and kick off! I can’t wait until Hayes is 3 and we can take him.
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I made Kevin and Amanda’s Spicy Sausage Pasta last night. It is the best! If you haven’t made it, please add it to your rotation. It’s a heavy, hearty meal. I make it with andouille sausage for an extra kick… and extra calories. Todd loves it and the leftovers are even better than the first night. Trust me on this!
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I met my friend Megan for coffee and a walking date earlier this week. It was the sweetest morning of fellowship. Megan is in a similar situation with her housing situation and it’s just so nice to talk to someone who gets it and be able to speak honestly and share prayer requests. She was such a blessing to me this week!
You had posted that pasta recipe earlier this year and its become part of our regular rotation; everyone in the family loves it! Just wanted to let you know that I’ve made as written (full fat) and using turkey sausage and fat free half&half instead of cream, and the lightened up version is just as good.
We love that sausage pasta recipe too! I think I found out about it through so many people who loved it posting their pictures of it in IG! Your boys will be so cute on Halloween! A friend who can can really understand where you’re coming from is such a blessing!
Pirate and Parrot!! OMG! That is too cute! Can’t wait to see them dressed up! Reagan can’t make up her mind between a princess and a “mingo” so, I might order both just in case! I think my days of matching the LPs are over! Sad! The house is looking so great! I LOVE your mudroom buit-ins! Those are a must for me! Those are such cute pics of you guys at the game! So sweet! I need to try that recipe! Yum!! Happy Friday, sweet friend! See you in a few days!!! Woohoo!!! xoxo!
I didn’t believe people when they told me that buying a house would be the most stressful thing I’ve done so far. I didn’t believe them. Now I do. I can imagine that building a house is the only thing that would be even more stressful. Thinking and praying for your family!
I made that sausage recipe last week, too. It is very good!
Love, love the boys’ Halloween costumes. That parrot? Get out! Yay for the house being almost-ready, for wonderful friends (and coffee) and for spicy sausage pasta. Have a great weekend!
That pasta recipe looks DELISH! I am pinning so I won’t forget it! Your house is looking great, but I’m also glad you have a friend who understands your situation and can encourage you as you wait for things to be finished. This time last year, we were finally moving into our current home after lots of renovations that took way too long (and we had my son 2 weeks later), so I can only imagine when building a house from scratch! Have a great weekend! 🙂
first of all, those costumes are beyond AMAZING…love being able to dress them up to “coordinate”… my girls might be doing something similar!!
the house is coming right along–i know you’ve got to be pumped…so exciting to see if all come together.
as for the pasta, it’s been floating around and i think your version sounds like the best one with the extra sausage bit!
hope you and your boys have a GREAT weekend!!
The house looks great and is coming along nicely. What a smart idea to take pictures of the process so that you will have those memories to look back on and see God’s faithfulness through it all.
The costumes are adorable also.
The house is looking so good. I can’t wait until next year when we finally get to start looking and stop renting:)
The hubs and I LOVE that spicy sausage pasta. He isn’t a pasta lover but he has been begging me to make it again and again and again.
Love seeing the progress on your house each morning on my “jaunt”. Hope y’all with trick-or-treat in the new ‘hood this year! So much fun…so many cute ghosts and goblins.
XO
I love pasta but not sausage. Do you think it would be good with chicken? Love your house and all the updates. Those costumes re awesome!!
Maybe with chicken sausage? That might work? Or maybe just cut up chicken strips in it?
That pasta looks like a bit of perfection!